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Un-American : W.E.B. Du Bois and the century of world revolution

Title
Un-American : W.E.B. Du Bois and the century of world revolution / Bill V. Mullen.
Author
Mullen, Bill, 1959-
Publication
  • Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2015.
  • ©2015

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xii, 245 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Un-American is Bill Mullen's revisionist account of renowned author and activist W.E.B. Du Bois's political thought toward the end of his life, a period largely dismissed and neglected by scholars. He describes Du Bois's support for what the Communist International called 'world revolution' as the primary objective of this aged radical's activism. Du Bois was a champion of the world's laboring millions and critic of the Cold War, a man dedicated to animating global political revolution. Mullen argues that Du Bois believed that the Cold War stalemate could create the conditions in which the world powers could achieve not only peace but workers' democracy. Un-American shows Du Bois to be deeply engaged in international networks and personal relationships with revolutionaries in India, China, and Africa. Mullen explores how thinkers like Karl Marx, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohandas Gandhi, and C.L.R. James helped him develop a theory of world revolution at a stage in his life when most commentators regard him as marginalized. This original political biography also challenges assessments of Du Bois as an American 'race man'"--
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Forethought -- From Comintern to the "Colonial International" : Making the Diasporic International, Making World Revolution -- "Experiments of Marxism" : W.E.B. Du Bois and the Specter of 1917 -- India, the "Indian Ideology," and the World Revolution -- World Revolution at the Crossroads : Japan, China and the Long Shadow of Stalinism -- Making Peace : Gendering the World Revolution/Reckoning the Third World -- The Afterthought.
Call Number
Sc E 16-615
ISBN
  • 9781439911099 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
  • 1439911096 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
  • 9781439911105 (paper : alkaline paper)
  • 143991110X (paper : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2015000680
OCLC
903675337
Author
Mullen, Bill, 1959- author.
Title
Un-American : W.E.B. Du Bois and the century of world revolution / Bill V. Mullen.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-615
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